Kali Forms — Contact Form & Drag-and-Drop Builder

Build contact forms for your WordPress website in minutes through the Drag & Drop builder and Guided Emails for entries notifications.

v2.4.18WP ChillUpdated Added 10k+ installs96% rating
38
Score
3
Errors
252
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo97
Performance100
Maintainability66

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

255 findings

Security

144

6 issue groups

Maintainability

106

12 issue groups

I18n

4

3 issue groups

Repo Compliance

1

1 issue group

WARNINGMaintainabilityDynamic hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$this->slug . '_' . $this->form_id . '_before_submit_button'".56
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
56
Severity
warning

Sample message

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$this->slug . '_' . $this->form_id . '_before_submit_button'".

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['formId']41
Category
Security
Occurrences
41
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['formId']

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.39
Category
Security
Occurrences
39
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.24
Category
Security
Occurrences
24
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_POST['args']['anonymous'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar21
Category
Security
Occurrences
21
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_POST['args']['anonymous'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['args']. Check that the array index exists before using it.18
Category
Security
Occurrences
18
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['args']. Check that the array index exists before using it.

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta queryDetected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.12
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Maintainability
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12
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "kali_mail_failed".10
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
10
Severity
warning

Sample message

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "kali_mail_failed".

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta keyDetected usage of meta_key, possible slow query.7
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Maintainability
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7
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warning

Sample message

Detected usage of meta_key, possible slow query.

WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log error logerror_log() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.6
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
6
Severity
warning

Sample message

error_log() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.

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WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In Footer6
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
6
Severity
warning

Sample message

In footer ($in_footer) is not set explicitly wp_register_script; It is recommended to load scripts in the footer. Please set this value to `true` to load it in the footer, or explicitly `false` if it should be loaded in the header.

WARNINGMaintainabilityDiscouraged PHP function4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

wp_reset_query() is discouraged. Use wp_reset_postdata() instead.

ERRORI18nInterpolated Variable Text2
Category
I18n
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

The $text parameter must not contain interpolated variables or expressions. Found: $s

WARNINGI18nDiscouraged text-domain loading1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

load_plugin_textdomain() has been discouraged since WordPress version 4.6. When your plugin is hosted on WordPress.org, you no longer need to manually include this function call for translations under your plugin slug. WordPress will automatically load the translations for you as needed.

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect Query1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNo Caching1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().

WARNINGSecuritywp redirect wp redirect1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

wp_redirect() found. Using wp_safe_redirect(), along with the "allowed_redirect_hosts" filter if needed, can help avoid any chances of malicious redirects within code. It is also important to remember to call exit() after a redirect so that no other unwanted code is executed.

WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing Version1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Resource version not set in call to wp_enqueue_script(). This means new versions of the script may not always be loaded due to browser caching.

ERRORI18nText Domain Mismatch1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'kali-forms' but got 'kaliforms'.

WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin name1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Plugin name "Kali Forms — Contact Form & Drag-and-Drop Builder" is different from the name declared in plugin header "Kali Forms - WordPress Forms Made Easy".

WARNINGRepo Compliancereadme parser warnings trimmed section description1
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Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The "Description" section is too long and was truncated. A maximum of 2500 characters is supported.

WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked term1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "Kali Forms - WordPress Forms Made Easy" - contains the restricted term "wordpress" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.

External Connections

Potential connections found in static code analysis.

22 domains

Outbound calls

93

External assets

0

Incoming endpoints

43

Notable Domains

kaliforms.com24 · outbound
kaliforms.dev16 · outbound
pqina.nl8 · outbound
google.com4 · outbound
json-schema.org3 · outbound

Platform / Reference Domains

github.com9 · platform/reference
opensource.org7 · platform/reference
w3.org5 · platform/reference
wordpress.org2 · platform/reference
gnu.org1 · platform/reference

External Asset Domains

No external asset domains detected.

Incoming Endpoints

wp_ajax_nopriv_public

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_nopriv_kaliforms_clear_logpublic

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_nopriv_kaliforms_delete_submissionpublic

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_nopriv_kaliforms_duplicate_postpublic

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_nopriv_kaliforms_form_delete_uploaded_filepublic

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_nopriv_kaliforms_form_paypal_confirm_logpublic

wp_ajax

Admin AJAX endpoints21
wp_ajax_kaliforms_set_form_themeauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_kaliforms_clear_logauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_kaliforms_delete_submissionauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_kaliforms_dismiss_noticeauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_kaliforms_duplicate_postauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_kaliforms_form_delete_uploaded_fileauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_kaliforms_form_paypal_confirm_logauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_kaliforms_form_processauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_kaliforms_form_upload_fileauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_kaliforms_form_verify_productsauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_kaliforms_form_verify_recaptchaauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_kaliforms_form_verify_turnstileauthenticated

wp_ajax

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Score History

3 score snapshots

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1007550250Jun 20, 2026, 12:43 PM UTC Score 29/100 Plugin v2.4.16 Plugin Check 2.0.0 76 errors, 265 warningsJun 22, 2026, 02:31 PM UTC Score 38/100 Plugin v2.4.17 Plugin Check 2.0.0 3 errors, 252 warningsJun 26, 2026, 06:39 AM UTC Score 38/100 Plugin v2.4.18 Plugin Check 2.0.0 3 errors, 252 warningsJun 20, 2026Jun 26, 2026

v2.4.18

38

Latest

Findings
255
Errors
3
Warnings
252
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2.0.0

v2.4.17

38

Score

Findings
255
Errors
3
Warnings
252
Check
2.0.0

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